Saint Leo Karasumaru

Saint Leo Karasumaru

1597 · Reformation

Biography

Leo Karasumaru, also known as Carasumaro, Carasumo, or Carasuma (Japanese: レオ烏丸, Reo Karasuma; c. 1559 – Nagasaki, February 5, 1597), was a Japanese catechist. He was crucified in Nagasaki alongside twenty-five other Catholics, both laypeople and religious. These twenty-six martyrs were canonized by Pope Pius IX in 1862.

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